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There really is no such thing as 'Multipual PersonalityDisorder," as when a person exhibits different "personalities"unknown to each other. (See "Deconstructing Sybil," by ? fordetails.) "Sybil," was a concocted fraud by the doctor who wrote the book by the same title. Many criminals have attemptedemploy the fraudalent M.P.D. excuse, like one of the "HillsideStrangelers" from the 1970's, Kenneth B?We do have MANY fragments to our personalities. This is knownas the "acquired self," or ego. The ego is not real, but we believeit is. We believe that our survival depends on it. Until we dispensewith the ego, the "world" will remain exactly as it us.The problem-with the exception of our physical survival-is NOT"out there," it is "in here."

If one fakes pretending, surely some "effort" is being put into that act to be credible? And if one fakes bicycle-riding by just moving legs round & round in a sofa, is just doing it in the mind a lesser faking act? Surely its just different types of faking? Either one fakes or ones does not, on/off? Case closed, for sure..

But what about those of us who can slip on the feelings and thoughts of Love, or Anger or Concern or Coldness with an easy congruence and experience some pleasured interest from a distance? These are tools for us. Perhaps we are kin. Or perhaps 'researchers' understand so little of the possibilities of behaviour and the brain.

There's an episode of Judge Judy where these kids make up a fake story to get on TV and a free trip to LA. They get put up in hotels and end up winning $1000. It is the best episode ever. Here is a link:

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Of course, my default is still to intuitively analyze every outcome and situation and achieve the best result, but it's more interesting to let people remain a variable and go in their own direction, rather than nudging them in the direction I prefer. Interacting with people WITHOUT trying to control them is a new paradigm for me.